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untowardly

/uhn-tawrd, -tohrd/US // ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrd //UK // (ˌʌntəˈwɔːd, ʌnˈtəʊəd) //

不利于,不愉快的,不愉快的事,不利的是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
    • : improper: untoward social behavior.
    • : Archaic. froward; perverse.

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Examples

  • The existence of that effort is itself presented by Lindell as evidence that something untoward happened, which is a bit like spending $250,000 on Bigfoot deterrents and then pointing to that investment as evidence that Bigfoot must exist.

  • There remains no credible evidence at all that anything untoward occurred in the 2020 election.

  • I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.

  • Gwinn always maintained there was nothing untoward about the contracts and hired an outside accounting firm to audit them, which found accepted accounting principles were followed, the newspaper reported.

  • After somebody has gotten a vaccine—weeks or months later—they can have an untoward immune reaction.

  • But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.

  • There was no indication of anything untoward at the newest outpost of the Ace Hotel, in London, today.

  • I try not to think about the cold years ahead, when time will slowly poach my youth and my body will begin its untoward changes.

  • Any objectionable remark, any untoward joke, any awkward facial expression may be recorded and broadcast.

  • The story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.

  • So solemn was his air, so sober his voice, that both girls felt a premonition of the untoward message that he bore.

  • Where a Professor Whitney may succeed in spite of untoward circumstances, a dozen will probably fail because of circumstances.

  • On his way home Francie was a good deal occupied with the recollection of this untoward incident.

  • But Charles, absorbed as always in himself, saw nothing untoward in their presence.